It is great news I hear they are finally rolling out ICS but the big question I have even before this pending update is:
For those on stock how many plan to do a system wipe, that is Factory Data Reset and then update to ICS? I have over 100 apps and many tiring, tedious customizations on ADW EX launcher. This would be a new OS much like moving from Windows XP to Windows 7 therefore starting fresh seems like a logical choice so I can avoid junk messing with a new OS install,
But .... the thought of installing every single app and redoing all the widgets and customizations is giving me a brain tumor.
The question, yay or nay on factory reset?
AstroTrain said:
It is great news I hear they are finally rolling out ICS but the big question I have even before this pending update is:
For those on stock how many plan to do a system wipe, that is Factory Data Reset and then update to ICS? I have over 100 apps and many tiring, tedious customizations on ADW EX launcher. This would be a new OS much like moving from Windows XP to Windows 7 therefore starting fresh seems like a logical choice so I can avoid junk messing with a new OS install,
But .... the thought of installing every single app and redoing all the widgets and customizations is giving me a brain tumor.
The question, yay or nay on factory reset?
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ummmmm ever heard of titanium backup?
kingofyo1 said:
ummmmm ever heard of titanium backup?
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That would be nice IF he was rooted.
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Actually, when I did a TB of all my apps on Gingerbread when I switched to ICS, it couldn't restore them. Would FC every time.
1) I would certainly do individual program backups. Much of your customization in ADW Launcher can be restored just by doing a backup in ADW and then restoring that backup later.
2) What's to lose by NOT doing a wipe now? Presumably once you have ICS if you are having problems you could do a factory data reset and then be returned to a reset version of ICS. Seems to me like you might as well give it a shot first.
What about the asus backup app? Ideal for this
It would be nice if Asus actually told us stock unrooted guys the correct update procedure.
Do we just update? Or do we back up everything using the new Asus backup app?
I would assume the update will wipe the tablet anyway, but Asus should really let us know.
Update went fine without doing any backup or wiping. If I do encounter problems, I'll bother with the factory reset. Until then, eh.
When I updated my Xoom to ICS from HC a month ago, I had no problems. I did not factory reset or wipe and everything worked perfect. But, it was my Xoom. I hope my TF101 goes as smooth. <fingers crossed>
The way I see it, a full wipe allows one to really assess whether or not the installed apps are still useful. There is a lot of junk that gets added on over the months just to test stuff out and just sits there, especially games. I don't do any fancy customizations, thankfully, so there is no worries. I am sure others may not be too happy about losing those obviously.
I think I will go with wiping the tablet after the update if I see issues, too lazy to reinstall everything but I prefer a clean install rather than the upgrade OS over honeycomb way.
I believe the problem with the Prime update was some apps/widgets were not compatible with ICS hence all the reboot issues.
In a way I wish Asus would force a clean install for the tablet providing a warning message prior so that incompatible apps don't muck up the system.
To be honest I don't want my data wiped since I actually store a lot of data on my transformer
It would be nice if they gave the option (i.e. made it optional) but I doubt they will
I have flashed my Nexus S just yesterday (2.3.6 -> 4.0.3; yes, I AM a late adapter..), and it went all smooth; no data loss at all (not-rooted, stock). So, I assume, TF should give the same treat when upgrading..
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<...> This would be a new OS much like moving from Windows XP to Windows 7 <...>
The question, yay or nay on factory reset?
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Relax . One man went from MS-DOS to windows 7 by upgrading one by one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPnehDhGa14
I won't wipe everything. If I will experience some problems I can wipe after upgrade. That`s no difference to wipe before, or after. And in case of no problems I will have everything persited
The TFP's ICS update id not require app backup or anything like that. In fact, first ICS bootup the system scanned each individual app and checked for compatibility and modified the data to be compatible with the system.
I'm assuming the TF's ICS update is like this as well.
For those that are unrooted stock, just update. No worries.
Considering all the problems I'm having with my TF101, I'll be wiping and starting ICS fresh.
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AstroTrain said:
It is great news I hear they are finally rolling out ICS but the big question I have even before this pending update is:
For those on stock how many plan to do a system wipe, that is Factory Data Reset and then update to ICS? I have over 100 apps and many tiring, tedious customizations on ADW EX launcher. This would be a new OS much like moving from Windows XP to Windows 7 therefore starting fresh seems like a logical choice so I can avoid junk messing with a new OS install,
But .... the thought of installing every single app and redoing all the widgets and customizations is giving me a brain tumor.
The question, yay or nay on factory reset?
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You know ADW-EX has its own backup-restore feature for your settings and layout right?
Your apps should be synced with Google if you selected that. That means once you run the original setup program again for the first time it SHOULD re-download all your apps.
Or,
you could root, install Rogue Recovery, and backup your data partition. Then install ICS and restore your apps from the backup. Restoring the entire backup might work, but might not...
No way would Asus release an update that wipes data. Can you imagine grandma who has her TF101 set up perfectly losing everything because she clicked the "you have an update" button that popped up. It would be a customer service nightmare if it was a wipe update.
I will be wiping mine just because all my data is stored in Google/Evernote/OneNote and I can always reinstall apps I need as I go along (don't play games on it so that doesn't matter). I like a clean install of the base OS.
Edit: what's the best way to do a full wipe tomorrow, once ICS is available? Just using the menu to format the device then install the OTA?
I would do a Backup then update without wipe then when you do sort out after update you've always got those apps available if you want them back(e.g. Unknown Source apps that are not available through market)
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And.. Xperia Play R800i [Rooted][DarkForestROM3.0.5][DooMKernelOC1.6_Governor=SmartAssV2_I/Oscheduler=Deadline][BaseBand=36][RAMmanagerPro=Balanced(MoreFreeMemory)][ZeamLauncher][SDext2=1GB][Link2SD'd][280mbFreeInternalSpace]
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Edit: what's the best way to do a full wipe tomorrow, once ICS is available? Just using the menu to format the device then install the OTA?
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If you're using CWM, then do a regular format prior to flashing your update.zip.
If you're completely stock, then a simple data reset should be fine. More wiping requires root/custom recovery.
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So we all know the Real Deal Froyo 2.2 is coming in just a few days away.
Have any of you though of an upgrade path for the installed apps currently running on 2.1?
There's a few ways to go about this:
- Wipe everything & start a'new
- Backup Apps & Settings, then restore it to Froyo
- Backup only Apps but no Settings & re-install everything after Froyo
- Undo the lag fix, flash back to stock ROM, then upgrade to Froyo, and wipe everything in the process.
- Other methods (please provide details)
Personally I'm inclined to #2 but I read people having complications with this process, so I might end up doing it the #3 way, but.... 400+ apps it's a bit crazy to go reinstalling all that, it'll take me probably 2 days to reconfigure all those apps/games
I'm glad i have an AppsBrain account, so i just need to hit Sync and it will re-install all those apps for me, but i still need to set all the settings again... that's going to be a royal pain in the arsenal
I am going with a complete fresh everything. Full factory reset first then format mem cards then upgrade, then factory reset again and maybe even another reformat. Not taking any blinking chances this time!
Also moving from a Gmail account to a Google Apps account so that should be interesting!
Appbrain reinstall
Roll on 2.2
How does Google/Samsung expect the average user to cope with an upgrade? By re-doing everything from scratch?
Appbrain helps but it's still a bit of an annoying process and it re-downloads everything from the net which slows things down. Restoring settings is impossible without rooting and may have problems when going from 2.1-2.2 so that's way out of reach to the average user.
Android seriously needs a better way of handling updates.
Personally I'm already on the JPC Froyo firmware so hopefully the official release is easy to root. Then I can just restore everything with Titanium Backup.
yeah no kidding, they don't even let you save or backup the files via KIES, so that you can restore them later.
in all other mobile phones, BlackBerry, PalmOS, Windows Mobile, Iphone
all of them will automatically create a backup of your stuff inside the phone, before it does the upgrade, so that after the upgrade it will automatically reload all your stuff back into the phone.
In Android we are lacking that, both times i've upgraded from one ROM to another ROM, it forced a full wipe on the phone.
luckily it was from a 2.1 to 2.1 so you can easily restore a back up from Titanium Backup, or any favourite backup Apps of your choice.
but I've read a lot of postings about people having problems when they restore the settings from 2.1 to 2.2
Apparently it's okay to restore all the Apps from 2.1 to 2.2 but you can't really restore the settings as it will crash 2.2
so even being able to restore all 400+ apps, i'll still need to spend countless hours to reconfigure them all
at least that saves me the 800+ clicks to OK install OK accept permission for each of the 400+ apps in my inventory. LOL
I doubt Samsung would keep their wrd on updating galaxys did u know what they did to samsung behold 2,
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just to clarify some misconceptions posted above ....it's not android that has any problems in updating, it's samsung.
i updated my nexus over the air easily without losing any apps settings etc, no need for a format or anything drastic.
it's only because kies does not work that we have to wipe and install via pc on a samsung.
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I doubt Samsung would keep their wrd on updating galaxys did u know what they did to samsung behold 2,
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at least i don't know
tmzbeme said:
just to clarify some misconceptions posted above ....it's not android that has any problems in updating, it's samsung.
i updated my nexus over the air easily without losing any apps settings etc, no need for a format or anything drastic.
it's only because kies does not work that we have to wipe and install via pc on a samsung.
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that's comforting to know... so Samsung is not mature enough on the App+scripting+upgrade side of things
yes Kies does not provide an option to backup/restore the stuff during a firmware upgrade
is there any way to keep all my apps on JPC as i have no idea if titanium backup will work with jpc and wont that mean waiting until the official 2.2 is rooted?
My htc desire went from 2.1 to 2.2 without a hitch. All applications were kept on the device with the new features tacked on.
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is there any way to keep all my apps on JPC as i have no idea if titanium backup will work with jpc and wont that mean waiting until the official 2.2 is rooted?
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Froyo is rooted already
the official one will be rooted the same way as the alpha/beta that are floating around already
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tell us, we don't know
at least i don't know
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Behold II owners were promised a 2.1 update which went awry so those not willing to risk flashing a non-vendor ROM are stuck with 1.6. It was about that time that Samsung started to concentrate on the Galaxy range of handsets.
Hopefully they won't do the same thing when the SGS II is released...
Odd reading this as when I upgraded from 2.1 to 2.2 JPC totally unintentionally it kept all my data and settings as well as the apps. The problem was that the data was configured to 2.1 and so I got loads of force closes so had to uninstall and reinstall all the apps so it ended up quicker doing a factory reset and starting from scratch.
On my rooted hero I went from custom 2.1 rom did a titanium backup with apps and settings flashed 2.2 downloaded titanium again restored and got everything back with settings.
We need to be allowed to store the ROMs on the phone and use recovery like on rooted phones. I much prefer that way of doing it. we should have the option in instead of risking bricking your phone if your computer crashed. Also have an updated app like with the villainroms much similar.
Looking at the app ak notes I have entries dating back November 16 last year. Wiped rom update was a few months back saving settings brought all the data back when I restored.
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I'll be going for the flashing with Odin method. Kies is a horrible program.
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Just to get things clear. Any update wipe out your data or only to 2.2?
I updated some days ago and didn't lose nothing.
Thanks for informing allgamer
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Behold II owners were promised a 2.1 update which went awry so those not willing to risk flashing a non-vendor ROM are stuck with 1.6. It was about that time that Samsung started to concentrate on the Galaxy range of handsets.
Hopefully they won't do the same thing when the SGS II is released...
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I'm just not thinking about it atm. I have 63 apps :S
As one of the option at the poll says, is it necessary to undo lagfix before flashing? Wouldn't flashing wipe off the 2GB partition?
froyos floating around dont delete your data. but its often recommended to factory reset anyway to avoid troubles. in any case better safe than sorry. titanum backup works in free mode. backup all and copy the titanium backup dir from the phones internal sdcard to the external one or to your pc. youll be glad you did if you ever run into troubles.
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So basically, I did a factory reset based on advice in the PRIME 1.4 thread. I'd already backed up my apps with Titanium Backup and so all was good.
After rebooting from CWM I went through the set up and got to the launcher. Installed TB and started restoring my apps. Straight away I started getting FCs all over the place.
I rebooted and ended up boot-looping.
I flashed back to PRIMORDIAL 3.1 and got to the setup. Rebooted into CWM and re-flashed PRIME 1.4
Started restoring one app at a time and again started getting FCs on certain apps (all variations of Angry Birds, Audiogalaxy, etc.)
Any ideas?
did you do a full wipe through CWM + dalvik wipe yet?
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did you do a full wipe through CWM + dalvik wipe yet?
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Yep. I think the full wipe started this fiasco.
To add insult to injury, tapping 'My apps' in Market now FCs too
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I'd suggest doing a full wipe again through CWM, flash PRIME! 1.4, do a factory reset right off the bat if you want. If that fails unroot your tab by pushing the original Asus blob and rerooting your tab.
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I'd suggest doing a full wipe again through CWM, flash PRIME! 1.4, do a factory reset right off the bat if you want. If that fails unroot your tab by pushing the original Asus blob and rerooting your tab.
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OK, found a symptom, but I don't likewhat the cause seems to be. If I uninstall the app (Angry Birds, say) and then install from market, it works. I can then restore the data from TB and I'm good. Like I said, I don't like where this is going, because it *could* mean an issue with TB.
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OK, found a symptom, but I don't likewhat the cause seems to be. If I uninstall the app (Angry Birds, say) and then install from market, it works. I can then restore the data from TB and I'm good. Like I said, I don't like where this is going, because it *could* mean an issue with TB.
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Sounds like a TB issue.
Restoring data from tb has always been sketchy.
Decided to do a full unroot back to 8.2.3.9 and start again. We'll see how it goes.
FYI: I *was* able to restore from TB the first time I rooted and flashed PRIMORDIAL 3.1 when I first got the device.
On Prime 1.4 did you have one of the power button reboot mods applied? If you wipe/factory reset with that applied Roach warns it will cause Boot Loops, and he has a file posted to go back to stock button mod for after wiping. Maybe this was your issue
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On Prime 1.4 did you have one of the power button reboot mods applied? If you wipe/factory reset with that applied Roach warns it will cause Boot Loops, and he has a file posted to go back to stock button mod for after wiping. Maybe this was your issue
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Yeah I did. But I was still getting the boot-looping after re-flashing just PRIME 1.4 on its own.
Anyway I'm back up and running after going through a complete roll back to 3.0.1.
ProTip: Install solarnz's CWM prior doing factory reset if you want to avoid feeling like a complete idiot for the rest of the day (in addition to everything else!)
Also, dont restore system data through TB. defeats the whole purpose of wiping between flash
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Also, dont restore system data through TB. defeats the whole purpose of wiping between flash
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Yeah understood (I'm a one year owner of a rooted Droid X)
Status Update: I'm back on PRIME 1.4 and didn't restore anything via TB (although it WAS useful in reminding me what was installed)
I've done a nandroid backup, so I may do a TB backup and then uninstall an app and attempt a restore though TB.
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Agree with tjwoo. I shy away from allowing TB to restore data along with apps. Never had an issue when installing ONLY apps. Yeah, takes a bit longer but saves from the hassle you describe.
That would be RE-installing apps.
I'm stuck at the boot-screen of Deck's 1.2 rom, however, I can still access HBOOT and Clockwork Mod Recovery.
I don't see an explicit option, but is there a way I could access Apps or other data to save as a back-up?
I foolishly deleted my rom back-up, and last time I used Titanium Backup was a few weeks ago, so it's not a good option. Thanks!
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I'm stuck at the boot-screen of Deck's 1.2 rom, however, I can still access HBOOT and Clockwork Mod Recovery.
I don't see an explicit option, but is there a way I could access Apps or other data to save as a back-up?
I foolishly deleted my rom back-up, and last time I used Titanium Backup was a few weeks ago, so it's not a good option. Thanks!
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As long as the .zip for the ROM doesn't wipe /data, you could reflash "Deck's 1.2 ROM hopefully fixing your issue and not losing your apps.
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As long as the .zip for the ROM doesn't wipe /data, you could reflash "Deck's 1.2 ROM hopefully fixing your issue and not losing your apps.
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I already tried wiping cache and dalvik, reflashing the rom, and I still get stuck in a boot-loop =/
Thanks for the suggestion though.
Android 17 said:
I already tried wiping cache and dalvik, reflashing the rom, and I still get stuck in a boot-loop =/
Thanks for the suggestion though.
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You could wipe /boot and /system as well and reflash and see if that fixes it.
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You could wipe /boot and /system as well and reflash and see if that fixes it.
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I just tried that and it didn't work either. This is maddening.
The last thing I remember doing was tinkering with the lockscreen settings in the advanced settings. I set up a rotary revamped lockscreen with Dolphin Browser HD as my custom application. I have Dolphin saved to SD too, but I don't see why such a small thing would cause constant bootloops.
It ran fine before 1.2 stable and messing with the lockscreen.
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I just tried that and it didn't work either. This is maddening.
The last thing I remember doing was tinkering with the lockscreen settings in the advanced settings. I set up a rotary revamped lockscreen with Dolphin Browser HD as my custom application. I have Dolphin saved to SD too, but I don't see why such a small thing would cause constant bootloops.
It ran fine before 1.2 stable and messing with the lockscreen.
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I have titanium backup run every night along with my call log back up app and go sms to back up texts.
Prevents this kind of thing.
Nothing you've said you have done explains a boot loop.
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I have titanium backup run every night along with my call log back up app and go sms to back up texts.
Prevents this kind of thing.
Nothing you've said you have done explains a boot loop.
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That's a good idea. I usually just use Titanium backup when I'm doing a full wipe or flashing a ROM with significant updates, but since I'd been using Deck's for a while and having no issues whatsoever really and just updating incrementally, I didn't think to backup in a while.
I had actually backed-up the ROM prior to flashing 1.2 stable, but I needed to delete it to make room to back up the newer version, and I didn't think it'd be a big deal since it was stable for a few boots. I guess I got too comfortable.
This is ridiculous, I didn't make any changes to the ROM or flash any new radios or anything of the sort that should cause a bootloop.
I do also use the Theme Manager MattedBlues theme but I've been using that for over a week or so with no issues, so I doubt that's the cause.
Oh well, thanks for the ideas though.
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That's a good idea. I usually just use Titanium backup when I'm doing a full wipe or flashing a ROM with significant updates, but since I'd been using Deck's for a while and having no issues whatsoever really and just updating incrementally, I didn't think to backup in a while.
I had actually backed-up the ROM prior to flashing 1.2 stable, but I needed to delete it to make room to back up the newer version, and I didn't think it'd be a big deal since it was stable for a few boots. I guess I got too comfortable.
This is ridiculous, I didn't make any changes to the ROM or flash any new radios or anything of the sort that should cause a bootloop.
I do also use the Theme Manager MattedBlues theme but I've been using that for over a week or so with no issues, so I doubt that's the cause.
Oh well, thanks for the ideas though.
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Sorry I took my Xanax to sleep or else I'd likely be able to think of some kind of solution.
Hopefully someone else can help you out.
I think in CWM if you mount System&Data /apps you could utilize adb pull..... Also did you set up any custom partitions, a2sd, data2ext, ect... ?
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Actually thanks for the suggestions guys, I managed to dig up an older version of the rom saved on my downloads folder and flashed it and booted.
For some odd reason, an older release labeled as experimental works better than the 1.2 stable...
It's strange too because I looked around Deck's thread and no one else reported any problems similar to what I was having at all.
For all intents and purposes it appears to be very stable and functional for everyone BUT me
Thanks for the suggestions though. I guess I'll hold off on flashing any roms for a while or wait for a newer version and try flashing with a full wipe.
Cool glad you got her going.
Kaaameeehameeehaaaaaa!
Over the last month or two, my A500 has really started dogging it. About four minutes to boot, apps load and run slowly, even uninstalling an app can take two to three minutes. I'm about ready to do a full app backup with Titanium and wipe and re-root, unless anyone else has any ideas.
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Over the last month or two, my A500 has really started dogging it. About four minutes to boot, apps load and run slowly, even uninstalling an app can take two to three minutes. I'm about ready to do a full app backup with Titanium and wipe and re-root, unless anyone else has any ideas.
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First I would like to recommend My backup Pro. Its totally worth the buy and you don't have to install each app one at a time saying yes to install each and everyone. Everything just loads all back in at one time and then you reboot. Its awesome.
Second. why go to all that trouble? Why not just format/factory wipe from Clockwork Mod and reinstall the ROM you are running? Losing root and then obtaining it again is not really worth doing IMHO.
also while your spring cleaning, look around in your android secure folders and look for app data that was left behind after uninstalls, I did that and got a bunch of space back
If I only had programming experience an app that would remove old data would be gold
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First I would like to recommend My backup Pro. Its totally worth the buy and you don't have to install each app one at a time saying yes to install each and everyone. Everything just loads all back in at one time and then you reboot. Its awesome.
Second. why go to all that trouble? Why not just format/factory wipe from Clockwork Mod and reinstall the ROM you are running? Losing root and then obtaining it again is not really worth doing IMHO.
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I'm not running a custom ROM, I'm still at:
Ver 3.1
Kernel 2.6.36.3
Build Acer_A500_4.010.13_COM_GEN2
I didn't take the OTA update to 3.2 and lose root, which I use for Titanium and a few other programs. I am considering going to one of the ICS ROMs since they're looking pretty stable.
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First I would like to recommend My backup Pro. Its totally worth the buy and you don't have to install each app one at a time saying yes to install each and everyone. Everything just loads all back in at one time and then you reboot. Its awesome.
Second. why go to all that trouble? Why not just format/factory wipe from Clockwork Mod and reinstall the ROM you are running? Losing root and then obtaining it again is not really worth doing IMHO.
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Titanium pro does this as well for a long time
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Seems if you used a backup app to backup all your apps, including some that may be rogue or mis-behaving, it seems you would just install them all back, thus not fixing the issue.
Also, old performance scripts and tweaks may be tweaking your tab, but not exactly in the way you wanted. I would suggest removing them and check performance.
A good fresh format and a clean install is the way to go. Install apps "one" at a time till you see a performance drop.
There are also already rooted versions of 3.2.1 available.
Once you start a clean up, maybe a good opportunity to upgrade also to the new version. This would be installed by CWM
cleanup
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Over the last month or two, my A500 has really started dogging it. About four minutes to boot, apps load and run slowly, even uninstalling an app can take two to three minutes. I'm about ready to do a full app backup with Titanium and wipe and re-root, unless anyone else has any ideas.
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if you are on stock rom
i recommend you to use titanium backup pro and cleanup your dalvik cache.
then you could use es task manager in start up optimizer section you can disable un needed services it would shorten the boot time.
but i think the best thing is to install a custom kernel with over clocking features alongside.
with 1504 over clocking your tab will fly
If anybody had seen my previous issue I apologize for wasting your time, I was able to resolve the issue by wiping every last bit of data from the system, which resulted in the tablet having no OS and I was able to re-install Pacman without further issue.
But now my question is this, with seemingly everything back to normal, so far as installing a new rom goes, how can I get my necessary google apps back onto my tablet?
Also how can I restore the apps I previously installed? I see that everything is still on the storage but I can't access any of the apps.
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If anybody had seen my previous issue I apologize for wasting your time, I was able to resolve the issue by wiping every last bit of data from the system, which resulted in the tablet having no OS and I was able to re-install Pacman without further issue.
But now my question is this, with seemingly everything back to normal, so far as installing a new rom goes, how can I get my necessary google apps back onto my tablet?
Also how can I restore the apps I previously installed? I see that everything is still on the storage but I can't access any of the apps.
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Did you reflash the gapps? Thats the only way to get the necessary gapps that I know of. As for the restoring your old apps if you didn't use an app backup like mybackup pro or titanium backup then I don't know how you'll get them back.
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Did you reflash the gapps? Thats the only way to get the necessary gapps that I know of. As for the restoring your old apps if you didn't use an app backup like mybackup pro or titanium backup then I don't know how you'll get them back.
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So far as the apps were concerned I suspected as such, I just figured that the data would be readily available but a lesson was learned.
And yes I did try to reflash gapps but I still got the error prior to reflashing the rom after wiping the system data.
But I got frustrated with it and backed up my system data back to stock; I was thinking maybe I used the wrong gapps file for my rom but the app I used found the file that was compatible with it and so I thought it was safe to use, but after trying to reflash gapps 3 times it didn't work at all.
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So far as the apps were concerned I suspected as such, I just figured that the data would be readily available but a lesson was learned.
And yes I did try to reflash gapps but I still got the error prior to reflashing the rom after wiping the system data.
But I got frustrated with it and backed up my system data back to stock; I was thinking maybe I used the wrong gapps file for my rom but the app I used found the file that was compatible with it and so I thought it was safe to use, but after trying to reflash gapps 3 times it didn't work at all.
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Sorry to heard that about your apps but as far as the gapps are concern these are the ones that I used
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183408
drkstr_yu said:
Sorry to heard that about your apps but as far as the gapps are concern these are the ones that I used
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183408
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Thank you very much for your help, I'll have to try this next time I use a rom, won't be any time soon after my first bitter taste of having used one but I still appreciate the help.:good: